E. OLSON

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INTRODUCTION 3

THE SAGA OF ERIC THE RED 14
The Ancestry of Gudrid 14
The Colonization of Greenland 15
Gudrid's Father emigrates to Greenland 20
The Sibyl and the Famine in Greenland 21
Leif the Lucky and the Discovery of Vinland 23
Thorstein's Attempt to find Vinland 26
The Marriage of Gudrid to Thorstein 27
The Ancestry of Thorfinn Karlsefni; his Marriage with Gudrid 30
Karlsefni's Voyage to Vinland 31
The First Winter in Vinland 34
Description of Vinland and the Natives 36
The Uniped; Snorri; the Captured Natives 40
Biarni Grimolfson's Self-sacrifice 42
Karlsefni and Gudrid's Issue 43

THE VINLAND HISTORY OF THE FLAT ISLAND BOOK 45
Eric the Red and the Colonization of Greenland 45
Leif Ericson's Baptism in Norway 47
Biarni Herjulfson sights New Land 48
Biarni's visit to Norway 50
Leif's Voyage of Exploration 50
The Discovery of Grapes 52
Thorvald's Expedition to Vinland 54
Thorfinn Karlsefni's Expedition to Vinland 59
The Expedition of Freydis and her Companions 62
Karlsefni and Gudrid return to Iceland 65

FROM ADAM OF BREMEN'S DESCRIPTIO INSULARUM AQUILONIS 67

FROM THE ICELANDIC ANNALS 69
Annales Regii 69
From the Elder Skalholt Annals 69

PAPAL LETTERS CONCERNING THE BISHOPRIC OF GARDAR IN GREENLAND
DURING THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 70
Letter of Nicholas V.